DISH is dumping Chiller on 2/1

[dishrich]

FYI...just saw this on my latest bill

 

[mwdxer1]

I never watch the channel. Too many ads. Much better sci fi stuff on the Roku.

 

[Tampa8]

It has been only in the Top 250 so not even available to many customers and likely of that small number not alot were watching. It was a channel among a couple others that made me decide to go to the Top 200 and save $10 - I never was watching it.

 

[primestar31]

I loved the channel before the people from SYFY channel took it over. Then it just became SYFY 2 channel.

 

[trojan67]

It has been only in the Top 250 so not even available to many customers and likely of that small number not alot were watching. It was a channel among a couple others that made me decide to go to the Top 200 and save $10 - I never was watching it.

maybe because alot of people cannot afford top250

 

[dare2be]

Oh, I can afford it. But why?

 

[jerryez]

Is Chiller any different than Comet on OTA? A bunch of old Syfi movies and tv series.

 

[MikeD-C05]

In SD I never wanted to watch it. Looked grainy and washed out on my hd tv , so I know it would look worse in 4k.

 

[Troch77]

maybe because alot of people cannot afford top250

Or the fact it was in SD...

 

[KAB]

Or the fact it was in SD...

Even if it were in HD, there wasn't much worth watching.

 

[Troch77]

Even if it were in HD, there wasn't much worth watching.

Well I could say that about any channel.

 

[Link]

Not worth it and Top 250 really isn't worth it anymore either.

 

[trojan67]

The sports channels is what keeping most of these package alive

 

[JSheridan]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is another situation like the recent Esquire Channel removal, also an NBCU channel. DISH got rid of it and then a short time later most everybody else droped it and then, is it still even alive?

 

[The Fat Man]

The problem with niche channels is the point where they try to go mainstream, or are just bought out by another company with a different direction. They end up with a deminished programming lineup that just can be found anywhere else. That's what happened to Chiller.

 

[fuzzfacefrombboard]

I thought it had some decent programming, but it was SD only so....

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[EarDemon]

Isn't it rumored NBC U is supposed to shut down Cloo as well? I remember reading that a while back, doing a quick search the only thing I could find was a blurb on the Wikipedia page mentioning tomorrow (2/1) as the drop dead date.

NBC is really cleaning up. G4, Universal Sports Network, Esquire and possibly Chiller and Cloo. And it puzzles me why Universal HD is still around. It was a great idea 14 years ago when there were only a half a dozen HD channels. No need for it now.

 

[TheKrell]

Not worth it and Top 250 really isn't worth it anymore either.

I seem to be stuck there due to my Smithsonian channel dependence. I also like AHC even though it's in picture-framed glorious SD. Isn't NatGeo Wild also only on AT250?

 

[MitchDeerfield]

How about adding BBC World News to AT 250? I am going to call Dish to get a $10 monthly credit for loss of Chiller.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I seem to be stuck there due to my Smithsonian channel dependence. I also like AHC even though it's in picture-framed glorious SD. Isn't NatGeo Wild also only on AT250?

There's a free Smithsonian channel on the Roku that might be worth checking out.